Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Synonym Art Consultation starts something new

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Grace Anne Paizen
Seven years ago, Chloe Chafe and Andrew Eastman co-founded Synonym Art Consultation to make art more accessible and to break down the barriers of what art institutions could be. Originally curating exhibits in restaurants and...
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Between racial stereotypes and a hard place

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
For a play that hopes to perpetuate the cultural mosaic myth, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s production of Mark Crawford’s The New Canadian Curling Club curls in the wrong direction. The play follows a group...
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William Prince — ‘Reliever,’ 4.5/5

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Kaelen Bell
There are few joys more nourishing than finding music that embraces you with sadness rather than letting you wallow — music that is rich with life and melody and imbued with a sorrow that...
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Plain as Ghosts — ‘Sleepless Shadow,’ 3.5/5

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Kaelen Bell
How one understands Plain as Ghosts will depend largely on how they contextualize its brand of thunderously precise rock. If well versed in the unfortunate mid-2000s reign of Theory of a Deadman or Hinder,...
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Come to the cabaret

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Grace Anne Paizen
For the annual celebration of International Women’s Week, Sarasvàti Productions is once again showcasing local Winnipeg talent in the always-engaging Cabaret of Monologues. Running from March 2 to 8, the cabaret will be touring Manitoba...
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An exhibit to remember

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Zachary Sigurdson
Walking from Portage Avenue, all the way down Donald Street as it turns into Cumberland Avenue, past the Burton Cummings Theatre, there’s a small grey building, almost unremarkable. Past several doors, you enter an...
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A day at Festival du Voyageur

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Grace Anne Paizen
As a lifelong Winnipegger, Festival du Voyageur has been a stomping ground since elementary school. It brings back memories of frigid Winnipeg winters filled with sleigh rides, pancakes and, of course, donning the ceinture...

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